Black Velvet Cupcakes – Black Out Week

Black Velvet Cupcakes are soft, fluffy and moist, have the same flavour as red velvet but are completely black! Welcome to black out week!

It’s been far too long since I did a week dedicated to a specific theme or food. (If you’re completely confused by this statement, click here for the full explanation). I’ve changed all that with black out week! That means everything this week will be completely black so we’re talking food as black as my soul (kidding!) and A LOT of black food colouring.

In saying all that, my favourite colours are green and purple and on the outside I’m a goody two shoes.

Whether you like the colour black, just having one of those days or you just like chocolate and want statement cupcakes for an event or celebration, these black velvet cupcakes are for you.

Black velvet is the same flavour as red velvet. The sort-or vanilla, sort-of chocolate flavour that is just amazing. The filling is a dark chocolate ganache (also dyed black) and topped with a black chocolate buttercream. When I said this was black out week, I meant it!

NOTE: You can leave out the food colouring in the cupcakes, ganache and buttercream with no difference to taste.

I used the brand Queen for the food colouring but if you can’t get your hands on that brand I’ve heard good thing from this one and this one.

Stay tuned for more black out recipes this week and be sure to like my Facebook page and #lightscamerabake on Instagram if you try any of my recipes!

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Lovely recipe, big thanx from Germany! I always have a love-hate relationship with buttercream but this one is really nice. Not too sweet, not too heavy. We skipped the ganache filling and added red edible glitter and sugarskull decoration. I do, however, think, that you missed the step when to add the vinegar. We just put it into the dough as the final step. I just love how this recipe is just the perfect amount for 12 cupcakes, with no leftovers of neither dough nor buttercream!

Thank you for comment! I’m so glad you loved the cupcakes as much as I do! You made my day :). Your decorations sound awesome and edible glitter is fantastic. Thanks for pointing out the missed step! I’ll fix that right away 🙂